Control of increasing or decreasing force during periodic isometric movement of the finger

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-348

  Masumoto, Junya ^a   Inui, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Constant error; Fingertip force; Force variability; Timing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953124899     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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